Both Matt Schaub and Andy Dalton enter the 2013 NFL playoffs with resumes to take pride in.

Dalton's the only quarterback in his draft class to lead his team to the playoffs — that is unless you count T.J. Yates as "leading" his team to the playoffs — and he's now done it twice. Schaub has won 19 of his past 26 starts and topped 4,000 passing yards three times.

While Dalton has shined in victories over the Giants and in recently Pittsburgh, lackluster outings from Week 13-Week 15 left wonder if he's ready to guide the Cincinnati Bengals deep in the playoffs. During that three-game stretch Dalton never compiled a passer rating of more than 77, as the Bengals' defense had to salvage matters to a 2-1 record.

Schaub's dip in play has more coincided with that of the Houston Texans, a team that finished the season losing three of four along with a first-round bye. Playing from behind for much of the past two contests, Schaub has struggled to less than a 250-yards-per-game average, no touchdowns and two interceptions while taking seven sacks.

As each quarterback turned in a spotty stretch run this year, it's drawn more concern to the fact that neither has a win on their playoff resume. To be fair, Dalton is but a sophomore and Schaub has never started a postseason game, but this pales in comparison to other titans of the playoff field in Tom Brady and Peyton Manning.

This is not say the Bengals-Texans wild-card winner merely gets a trip to the buzz saw in Denver or Foxborough, but that the victorious quarterback will need to be in Dr. Jekyll form to survive the next round.